Always Carry a Camera, because…
Squirrels find unusual places to stash food objects, such as this tree branch. We have a canvas storage shed that is not squirrel-proof. Every fall everything in it gets filled with black walnuts. Do you have similar photos? If so, let us see them.; we will post them.
A small whitetail buck that was shot during deer season, but not well enough to put it down for easy recovery. Terrible loss of great meat for the table. This one' skeleton was scattered through a small valley and not far from a road, but out of sight.
Mushrooms in the woods grow in unusual shapes. Many of them are edible; do you know which ones? What guide books do you use?
Black Bear Hunting Tips
This was a shooter bear, but it kept its vitals covered from an arrow. The outfitter put a pole in an eight-inch diameter hole cut in the middle section of a 55-gallon drum just to slow down an interested bear and make it move around a bit, possibly offering a shot opportunity. A bear standing on all fours, with its back line at the upper ring of the barrel, is a shooter. If its back line is even with the top of the barrel, it REALLY is a shooter. This bear kept its vitals covered with its left front leg and thick shoulder blade. It ignored the fish scraps on the ground an atop the barrel.
• First, the bear scarfs up bait scraps on the ground, then pulls the spruce trunk out of the eight-inch hole in the side of the bait barrel, then tries to put its head into the hole to grab some bait but its head won’t fit. A bear whose head won’t fit through an eight-inch hole is a good bear.
• First, the bear scarfs up bait scraps on the ground, then pulls the spruce trunk out of the eight-inch hole in the side of the bait barrel, then tries to put its head into the hole to grab some bait but its head won’t fit. A bear whose head won’t fit through an eight-inch hole is a good bear.
• First, the bear scarfs up bait scraps on the ground, then pulls the spruce trunk out of the eight-inch hole in the side of the bait barrel, then tries to put its head into the hole to grab some bait but its head won’t fit. A bear whose head won’t fit through an eight-inch hole is a good bear.
• Jim Price, Grand Ledge, MI (left) and Craig Gillengerten, Portland, MI, with their bears, taken on their first bear hunt. Jim’s bear weighed 226 pounds, had a 45” girth, was 67” nose to tail tip, and had a five-inch-wide front paw.Craig’s bear weighed 375 pounds, had a 45” girth, was 76” nose to tail tip and had a 5-1/2-inch-wide front paw. Both bears were mature males.
• When the bear’s back is flush or nearly flush with the top of a 55-gallon barrel, you’re looking at a very good bear.
